RE: Laptop Live?
2006/07/27 01:58:54
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You don't need any extra amps or speakers if the venue already has a P.A. All that you need is a pair of 1/4" balanced cables to feed the venue's mixer. It's probably a good idea to throw a pair of unbalanced 1/4" cables into your gig bag as well in case their mixer cannot accept a balanced signal.
The hitch is that in most venues all of the 1/4" snake channels are configured for stage monitor output. In this case, you can get a pair of XLR - 1/4" TRS cables to plug into two of the XLR channels on the snake. You will have to ask the sound tech to route the two channels to line-level inputs on the mixer.
So to cover all the bases, you need to pack three pairs of cables. 1/4" balanced, 1/4" unbalanced, and XLR - 1/4" TRS.